Last week, Tesla announced its intention to acquire SolarCity for around US$2.7 billion. It was exciting to see how very different assessments were circulated from different quarters. The whole gamut, from “the certain end” to “completely brilliant”, was played. An attempt at a differentiated assessment of this latest coup by one of the most ground-breaking…
What I love about alainveuve.ch is the constant stream of feedback. You, my dear readers, comment, send me e-mails, tweet me incessantly. This results in a lot of new and great things. From collaboration to loose exchanges. I got to know Stefan Fritz during one of these exchanges and realized that there are many parallels…
The week before last, we received the “Best Omnichannel Experience Award” for our omni-channel eCommerce product for Frankfurt Airport at AOE at imagine 2016. Although I was not directly involved in the project, a project of this size naturally brings the various challenges into an overarching discussion. We therefore had an intensive internal discussion on…
Companies are finding it incredibly difficult to meet the challenges of digital transformation. I have spent the last few years fighting to convince decision-makers to invest in digital initiatives, to break new ground, to develop new business models, to try to become better. The results are sobering. So why all this?
A few hours ago, Tesla unveiled its mass-produced Tesla Model 3 and it looks like the car industry is having its very own iPhone moment. In the first 24 hours, 115,000 cars have already been reserved (as of now, 3.5 hours later it’s 134k). Besides all the euphoria and marketing heat, there are 4 good…
You know the situation: a company has good offers or products, does great advertising and delivers quickly. So you buy from them. After a few days or months, a problem arises with the product and you need help. What you then experience fundamentally changes your perception and attitude towards the company and the product in…
Last week Oro announced a first round of funding. Over the last 3 years, the business application platform “Oro” has spawned various open source products such as OroCRM, OroCommerce and indirectly many others such as Akeneo, Marello, Diamante Desk and TimeLap. An interview with CEO Yoav Kutner, who built Magento together with Roy Rubin before…
Magnolia CMS has practically always been there. They have survived the ups and downs of the digital economy. And today they are stronger and more present than ever. An interview with Boris Kraft, Co-Founder of Magnolia, about entrepreneurship & bootstrapping, CMS & business platform and the future challenges of our industry.
Not so long ago, Microsoft was seen as the ultimate evil when it came to open source. And at the end of the Steve Ballmer era, it sometimes felt as if Microsoft was being completely left behind. If you look at Microsoft today, you see a company that is transforming its business model and adapting…
There is a tremendous demand in the market for eCommerce solutions. For years. And you might think that this would provoke many new players and a great deal of competition. This is by no means the case. If you subtract all the marketing speak, it’s more like stagnation. Basically, not much has changed in the…